All Things Star Wars

[Gori the Grey]

they had absolutely no relevance to the plot

kept Chewie well fed. That's not nothin'

 

[Sommerswerd]

I like those droids that are just basically a walking box. Do we know what they do? (No one need bother to answer; I'll go google it).

A power droid, eh? Just like a battery that will walk over to where you need it? Handy.

I always thought they were mobile trash cans... they look like the trash cans at amusement parks. The first time I saw it I thought "Hey they took an amusement park trash can and put legs on it!"

 

[GenMarshall]

JJ is not my hero. If this is true JJ deliberately sabotaged TLJ, for god's sake.

It’s a good thing I have legends like the Thrawn Trilligy to fall back on.

 

[Mouthwash]

Agreed!

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/18/16787608/eat-porg-love-star-wars-the-last-jedi

 

[Takhisis]

Plus, they had absolutely no relevance to the plot, unlike those stupid horse-goats or weird little gnome things on the Northern Ireland planet.

they did provide one of the few experiences of people actually eating on-screen in Star Wars media.

Noble sacrifices in movies are a dime a dozen.

So are evil empires, plucky farmboys, rogues with a conscience, haughty princesses who have to get off their arses and do some work for once, wizardry, parents having a change of heart, worldbuilding and visuals making up for real plot, etc. etc.

All culture is repetitive.

Asking this question in seriousness, but what do people like about HK-47? I found its character grating and trite - calling me "meatbag" and how it wants to kill me but for its programming get annoying. The only scene I liked with it was when it was recounting the history of the Sandpeople in KotOR 1.

Observation: It could only be a meatbag that couldn't recognize HK-47's brilliance.

Passing observation: agreement.

I actually liked the Porgs. They were so obviously designed to be adorable and I still want a plush porg.

Agreed!

Oh, come on, there's better plushies out there than Porgs.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Meant to post this last week. Incredible fan film that's receiving quite alot of love in the fan community.

Holy blap, get these guys to make A Star Wars Story!

 

[EgonSpengler]

Heads up, Netflix subscribers: Solo: A Star Wars Story is arriving on January 9th, and Rogue One is leaving on January 18th. I haven't seen Solo yet, but I'll probably take it out for a spin. I really liked Rogue One and may watch it again before it departs, if I have the time.

 

[Synobun]

Heads up, Netflix subscribers: Solo: A Star Wars Story is arriving on January 9th, and Rogue One is leaving on January 18th. I haven't seen Solo yet, but I'll probably take it out for a spin. I really liked Rogue One and may watch it again before it departs, if I have the time.

Solo was surprisingly good. I was mad that I liked it.

 

[Ajidica]

I liked Solo, though my dad was not a fan of it. It could be that I like Alden Ehrenrich (Solo) and Donald Glover (Lando) quite a bit.
But either way, the movie certainly wasn't bad.

 

[JohannaK]

I like both of them, but good isnt what I'd call it. It certsinly wasnt bad, but I think I would call it standard. Good bits, cringey bits, and nothing unforgettable.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Heads up, Netflix subscribers: Solo: A Star Wars Story is arriving on January 9th

I guess I'll finally watch it then.

 

[Gori the Grey]

When you do, watch for all the allusions that are just a function of blocking and camera angles.

 

[Synobun]

The show was mind-numbingly boring and childish for the few episodes I watched it. That trailer gives it an entirely different atmosphere. Tempted to go back to it if it rings true but I wouldn't be shocked if they just took the highlights and the rest is just as bad as the beginning was.

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

The show was mind-numbingly boring and childish for the few episodes I watched it. That trailer gives it an entirely different atmosphere. Tempted to go back to it if it rings true but I wouldn't be shocked if they just took the highlights and the rest is just as bad as the beginning was.

Your reaction to the program juxtaposed with your avatar is honestly really funny, Synsensa.

 

[Takhisis]

That's the whole point, and I agree with Syn's diagnosis.

 

[Synobun]

Well it is geared for children, so...

I mean, so were Rebels and (early) Clone Wars and they were fantastic.

Hmm... I think I'm going to rewatch Rebels...

 

[Takhisis]

It's not so much younger as ‘less intelligent’. There are tons of series aimed at the same age group that have decently-written plots and characters.

It's a dumbed-down Star Wars.

 

[Mouthwash]

Hey, the new Disney canon (outside the movies, that is) might just be taking a turn for the better:

 

[Clubber Lang]

EA Cancels Open-World Star Wars Game [UPDATE]



Electronic Arts has canceled its open-world Star Wars game, according to three people familiar with goings-on at the company. The game, announced alongside the shutdown of Visceral Games back in 2017, had been in development at EA’s office in Vancouver.

EA Vancouver, a large studio that mostly handles support for a variety of the publisher’s games including FIFA and Battlefront, had been working on this open-world Star Wars game since October 2017, when EA closed Visceral Games. Until then, Visceral—best known for its popular Dead Space horror series—was developing its own Star Wars game. That project, code-named Ragtag, was a linear action-adventure game directed by Uncharted director Amy Hennig. EA Vancouver had been assisting on the project, and when EA closed Visceral Games on October 17, 2017, the Vancouver studio took it over.

But it wouldn’t be accurate to say that EA Vancouver’s Star Wars was the same game as Ragtag. When EA Vancouver took over, it rebooted this Star Wars project entirely, keeping some of the art assets but transforming it into an open-world game.

Now, that project is canceled, too. (EA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

EA had not shown any of EA Vancouver’s open-world Star Wars game publicly, but the publisher talked about it when it announced Visceral’s demise. “It has become clear that to deliver an experience that players will want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come, we needed to pivot the design,” the company said at the time. “A development team from across EA Worldwide Studios will take over development of this game, led by a team from EA Vancouver that has already been working on the project.”

In June 2018, EA announced that it had expanded its Motive studio—previously a single office in Montreal led by industry veteran Jade Raymond—to a Vancouver location as well. That one would also be located in the publisher’s large office in Burnaby, British Columbia, as a division of EA Vancouver.

On October 22, 2018, EA announced that it had installed executive Samantha Ryan to oversee Motive. Subsequently, Raymond left the company.

It’s not clear what EA Vancouver’s next new game will be. We’ve heard it might be a different Star Wars project. Respawn, the Los Angeles-based studio responsible for Titanfall, is also making a Star Wars game, called Jedi: Fallen Order. That game is currently scheduled for fall 2019.

UPDATE (10:17pm): Since the publication of this article, I’ve talked to several more people familiar with EA Vancouver’s now-cancelled open-world Star Wars game. This project, which was code-named Orca, was very early in development but would involve playing as a scoundrel or bounty hunter who could explore various open-world planets and work with different factions across the Star Wars universe.

When EA’s top decision-makers looked at their road map for the next few years, they decided that they needed something earlier than the planned release date for Orca, according to two people familiar with what happened. So they cancelled Orca in favor of a smaller-scale Star Wars project that’s now aimed for much sooner—likely, late 2020, which also happens to be around the time that I’ve heard next-gen consoles will launch. (Might be a bit earlier; might be a bit later. From what I’ve heard, next-gen plans are definitely still in flux.)

To EA’s credit, those people said, the publisher did not lay anyone off as part of this transition. This news comes at a time of cost-cutting across the industry, at major publishers including both EA and Activision, as we’ve reported. Some at the studio also hope that Orca might be restarted after this new project is finished.

UPDATE 2 (1/16, 1:40pm): The day after publication of this story, EA sent over the following statement:

There’s been speculation overnight about one of our Star Wars projects. As a natural part of the creative process, the great work by our team in Vancouver continues and will evolve into future Star Wars content and games. We’re fully committed to making more Star Wars games, we’re very excited about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn, and we’ll share more about our new projects when the time is right.

Concept art from Visceral’s canceled Star Wars game, Ragtag.

 

[Takhisis]

Jar-Jar Jedi?